Weldon was told Wednesday night that his nomination was being withdrawn, another Trump administration official said. The White House decided to pull Weldon’s nomination when it became clear that he would not have the votes to be favorably reported out of committee because of his past controversial comments about vaccines, the official said.

The White House has withdrawn its candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just hours before he was set to testify before a Senate committee. President Donald Trump's administration pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon because "it was clear he did not have the votes in the Senate" to be confirmed,

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two Trump administration official familiar with the decision told CNN.

Teddy Schleifer, New York Times Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Elon Musk putting $100 million directly into Donald Trump’s political operation, coming the day after the President used the White House South Lawn as a Tesla showroom to try to help him sell cars,

Trump told reporters he would write a check for the car, which retails for roughly $80,000, and leave it at the White House so his staff can drive it. The president also said he hopes his purchase will boost Tesla,

Some Senate Democrats are pushing for an ethics investigation into the White House promotional stunt led by President Donald Trump to support Elon Musk’s electric car company as its stock prices plummet.